Answer by Dan Rozelle for How do I switch the Command key and Control key on...
Updated for 18.04 since none of the provided answers seemed to work on my system. I did a clean install of 18.04 and attempting to use a wired aluminum apple keyboard. Default behavior of Left Super on...
View ArticleAnswer by RasmusWL for How do I switch the Command key and Control key on a...
The community Ubuntu help page for Apple keyboards gives the following steps to permanently make this change: (tested 2017-05-27) Run the following command to append the configuration line to the file...
View ArticleAnswer by Tom Mercer for How do I switch the Command key and Control key on a...
Duplicate of How to swap Command and Control keys with xkb step by step? In 16.04, here's the way I finally got this to work. Xmodmap doesn't work universally in all apps, gnome tweak tool lacked the...
View ArticleAnswer by clodal for How do I switch the Command key and Control key on a...
I just installed Ubuntu 16.04 dual boot on my MBP13" yesterday. For Ubuntu 16.04, here's how i did it: Step 1: Launch terminal Step 2: Edit X Keyboard Extension sudo nano /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pc...
View ArticleAnswer by alex reska for How do I switch the Command key and Control key on a...
Go into System -> Preferences -> Keyboard Click on the "Layouts" tab and then click the "Layout Options" button. Click on "Alt/Win key behavior" Select "Control is mapped to Win keys (and the...
View ArticleAnswer by kalaracey for How do I switch the Command key and Control key on a...
I figured it out. Put the following in ~/.Xmodmap: clear control clear mod4 keycode 105 = keycode 206 = keycode 133 = Control_L NoSymbol Control_L keycode 134 = Control_R NoSymbol Control_R keycode 37...
View ArticleAnswer by TenorB for How do I switch the Command key and Control key on a...
Go to system settings and then to keyboard layout, then to options, then to Win/Alt key behavior, and then check the "Meta switches Ctrl" and then in the Ctrl Position check "Ctrl switches Meta" and...
View ArticleHow do I switch the Command key and Control key on a MacBook Pro?
I have scoured the web, and I can't seem to get Xmodmap / anything to work properly. I want to swap BOTH my Command keys with my Control key - in essence, inverting what they do currently. How would I...
View ArticleAnswer by Earl Ruby for How do I switch the Command key and Control key on a...
I use a Deck keyboard with Mac keys hooked to a USB switch to switch my keyboard/mouse/camera/microphone between a number of computers, including Mac laptops and Ubuntu boxes. I just wanted the...
View ArticleAnswer by Emilio for How do I switch the Command key and Control key on a...
Another solution which does NOT involve Xmodmap, nor depends on gnome-tweaks is to instruct the module to swap them. It already has the functionality.To play around with the parameters you can change...
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